Policy paper

Universal Credit: ensuring claimants moving from other benefits do not lose out

How we will ensure claimants moving to Universal Credit from other benefits do not receive less where their circumstances remain the same.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 10 December 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Transitional protection Universal Credit policy briefing note

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Details

This note outlines how we make sure that claimants moving to Universal Credit from other benefits do not receive less as a result of their move to Universal Credit, where their circumstances have otherwise remained the same.

Published 10 December 2012